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I've always considered myself very blessed in that my circle of friends here in East Tennessee are for the most part somehow related to one another, and that I've grown so close to these people over the years as to be considered a part of that family; so much so that I had often been welcomed into many of their homes during the frequent periods of trouble that I found myself in during my younger...

'They hate our forests,' explains Woody Woodchuck.
This past Saturday marked a personal first for me. Fox News Channel, rather than disgusting me to the point of cursing and silencing the TV, actually made me laugh. I mean really laugh. Out loud. For those of you who haven't yet heard it, allow me to let you in on the joke (because surely, this has to be a joke):

As if to remind the malcontents that our tax money isn't just for Congressional tennis courts and the requisite killing of skinny brown people that hate our freedoms, the Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a 'false advertising' lawsuit against Nike can move forward, refusing to hear the corporation's appeal of an earlier ruling by a California court regarding free speech, commercial speech,...

What a nightmare! Tossing and turning, I found myself besieged by images of strangers snooping through my home while I was out, of friends and neighbors disappearing without a trace, of some powerful, all-seeing entity building a database containing all the details of my personal life, and of some hideous little man in glasses reminding me that 'people need to watch what they say'' I dreamt that...

The State is a master illusionist. It is not through military or monetary might that the masses are controlled; in America it is through the power of illusion. Understanding that our thoughts, opinions, and actions are based upon how we perceive the world around us, the State has sought to influence and alter these perceptions, and has created through trickery and deceit an 'alternate reality'...

Sometimes you just have to get your message out. The cause of liberty, especially in these trying times, is at its core a battle against the State for the hearts and minds of the masses. The easiest way to participate in this battle is to become active on Internet message boards. Post facts, post opinions, challenge the views of others; get them to think. There are untold thousands, if not...

Although liberty means different things to different people, most would agree that it is not something that is bestowed by government; rather, in a 'free society' such as America , it is assumed that government exists to protect the inherent freedoms of its populace. The State often exploits this assumption by curtailing individual liberties in the name of 'protecting everyone's freedom.'

Over the course of the past few months, discussing 'the news of the day' had become a frequent pastime for my mother and I. Being that we keep different hours, each of us generally had a tidbit or two of boob tube-imparted insight that the other had missed. Invariably, the primary topic of our 'daily news briefings' was always somehow related to Operation Iraqi Liberation (OIL) or The War...

'Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country." ~Hermann Goring, President of the Reichstag, Nazi Party, and Luftwaffe Commander in Chief